中美两国自１９７９年以来，经贸关系迅速发展。美国已成为中国的第二大贸易伙伴，１９９８年中国对美国出口达３７９．７６亿美元，仅次于对日贸易额。食品、药品、纺织品（服装）和电子产品作为我国出口美国的强项，市场潜力仍然很大，但也存在一些问题。一些中国出口企业并 Since 1979, China and the United States have enjoyed rapid economic and trade relations. The United States has become China’s second largest trading partner. In 1998, China’s exports to the United States reached 37.976 billion U.S. dollars, second only to trade with Japan. As the strengths of China’s exports to the United States, food, medicine, textiles (clothing) and electronic products have great market potentials, but there are also some problems. Some Chinese export enterprises and